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The latest offering from West Coast producer Lee Bannon is accompanied by a fittingly nocturnal, dimly lit video collage. “Hyper/Eclipse” finds Bannon continuing to explore the sounds of drum ‘n’ bass, but its choppy female vocal sample and dark atmosphere make it feel like something of a jacked-up Burial
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The collaborative duo of Kimya Dawson and Aesoprock–otherwise known as “The Uncluded”–release a new music video for what’s probably my favorite song from their new album, Hokey Fright. Though the song’s lyrics are likely to get listeners to depict humans in their heads, much of the
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West Coast producer Lee Bannon is getting more and more creative and versatile by the minute. He’s constantly creating, and thinks almost nothing of just suddenly dropping a track like “InMySleep,” which combines his recent obsession with breakbeat-like grooves with some jutting bass notes and an odd chord progression.
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Mick Jenkins releases this song with fellow Chicago rappers Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa. If you needed more evidence that Chicago is the scene of more than just drill, but thoughtful rap with with elastic flows, here it is. Over an orchestral sample and metronomic hi-hats, Mick breaks out
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Arca, Yeezus‘ secret weapon, has released this mix today. This is the first solo work we’ve heard from the producer in a year, but she hasn’t been slacking. This mix takes us through Arca’s musical universe, evoking slanted, psychedelic club scenes through her drum beats and the
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Milo’s latest mixtape sees the Wisconsin rapper working again with producer Riley Lake. While I think Milo’s verses are worthwhile, it’s really the instrumentals that surprise me the most. WATCH THE REVIEW
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This video is for “Off the Record”, off of Ka’s new record The Knight’s Gambit. The song is a minimal ode to rap music, employing classic album titles as fuel for his wise-man on the corner sermons. The video is equally minimal, as Ka explores the biggest record
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Soundsmith James Ferarro offers this single off of his upcoming project with a terrifying name, NYC, Hell 3:00. The song begins with what sounds like a lo-fi version of something off of Zomby’s newest LP, combining dark dread with rolling trap high-hats. Ferraro’s vocals enter, sounding more
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Mac Miller, the world’s most unlikely rap-critic’s pet, has released a fittingly psychedelic video for this cut off of his recent LP Watching Movies With the Sound Off. The video cycles between images of Mac rapping in a room of mirrors filled with lightbulbs and of a pretty
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Alternative hip hop artist Hopsin is scheduled to release his third studio full-length Knock Madness on November 26th via his label Funk Volume. This week, he shared a new song from the project, “Ill Mind of Hopsin 6,” in which the rapper ruminates in the loss of a close friend
